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1 online resource |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: from non-sense to common-sense in a generation -- Imagining generations and social change -- Contesting homosexuality's imagination, 1945-2015 -- The evolution of public opinion about gay marriage -- Young and old in the cross-fire of the culture wars -- The imagination and attribution of homosexuality -- The imaginary marriage consensus -- Narratives of attitude change and resistance -- Conclusion: moving beyond generational mythology. |
| Summary |
The generational and social thinking changes that caused an unprecedented shift toward support for gay marriageHow did gay marriage--something unimaginable two decades ago--come to feel inevitable to even its staunchest opponents? Drawing on over 95 interviews with two generations of Americans, as well as historical analysis and public opinion data, Peter Hart-Brinson argues that a fundamental shift in our understanding of homosexuality sparked the generational change that fueled gay marriage's unprecedented rise. Hart-Brinson shows that the LGBTQ movement's evolution and tactical responses to oppression caused Americans to reimagine what it means to be gay and what gay marriage would mean to society at large. While older generations grew up imagining gays and lesbians in terms of their behavior, younger generations came to understand them in terms of their identity. Over time, as the older generation and their ideas slowly passed away, they were replaced by a new generational culture that brought gay marriage to all fifty states. Through revealing interviews, Hart-Brinson explores how different age groups embrace, resist, and create society's changing ideas about gay marriage. Religion, race, contact with gay people, and the power of love are all topics that weave in and out of these fascinating accounts, sometimes influencing opinions in surprising ways. The book captures a wide range of voices from diverse social backgrounds at a critical moment in the culture wars, right before the turn of the tide. The story of gay marriage's rapid ascent offers profound insights about how the continuous remaking of the population through birth and death, mixed with our personal, biographical experiences of our shared history and culture, produces a society that is continually in flux and constantly reinventing itself anew. An intimate portrait of social change with national implications, The Gay Marriage Generation is a significant contribution to our understanding of what causes generational change and how gay marriage became the reality in the United States. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Gay people -- United States -- Public opinion.
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Gays. |
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United States. |
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Public opinion. |
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Gay rights -- United States.
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Same-sex marriage -- United States.
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Gay rights. |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Civil Rights. |
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Same-sex marriage. |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Human Rights. |
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Gays -- Public opinion. |
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Homosexuals. |
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Gay rights. |
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Same-sex marriage. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Hart-Brinson, Peter. Gay marriage generation. New York : New York University Press, [2018] 9781479800513 (DLC) 2018012204 (OCoLC)1029091216 |
| ISBN |
9781479823949 (electronic book) |
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1479823945 (electronic book) |
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9781479800513 |
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1479800511 |
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9781479826230 |
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1479826235 |
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